麵對面
4815 El Monte Ave
Temple City, CA 91780
(626) 279-7558
Happy Noodle was one of my parents' favorite restaurant. The fried buns and dumplings were great last time I went there with them. We went back to Happy Noodle last Thursday. The food was so disappointing that my parents had vowed to never go back again.
酸菜羊肉砂鍋 Sour Vegetable Lamb Casserole ($8.95)
The meal started out with Sour Vegetable Lamb Casserole. Tender slices of lamb (but with lots of fat), tofu, glass noodle, and sour cabbage in the soup. We all enjoyed the soup. This was the only one dish that we were fully satisfied with.
西葫蘆蒸餃 Pumpkin Steam Dumplings (10) ($5.95)
The Pumpkin Steam Dumplings had absolutely no pumpkin in it. It was just vegetarian steam dumplings. It was good, but the size was about 1/2 of what it used to be. We weren't too happy about that.
Mushroom, zucchini, and glass noodle were inside the dumpling. No pumpkin. They really should just change the name.
三鮮水煎包 Mixed 3 Items Fried Stuffed Bun (8) ($6.50)
As soon as the Mixed 3 Items Fried Stuffed Bun was brought to our table, my dad asked the waitress, "how come the dumplings and buns are so small now? Only about 1/2 of what they used to be...." The waitress answered, "No, that's not true. They are the same size as before. We just made the skin of the dumplings and buns thinner because a lot of customers request to have it that way." Hmmmm.... I am not sure if I believe her. And I don't like it when people lie in your face like that. She could simply said something about the bad economy and I would totally understand.
The filling shrank big time. Before it took me 5 or 6 bites to finish one bun. Now, 2 bites, gone. Not to mention, the taste was not exactly right, either. The filling was too salty that day.
擔擔麵 Dan Dan Noodle ($5.95)
Dan Dan Noodle looked pretty good. Lot of minced pork, some shredded cucumber, with spicy sauce under the noodle.
This Dan Dan Noodle was spicy, way too spicy. But it wasn't the flavorful kind of spicy. They added too much Sichuan pepper, and that was the only thing we could taste. It made my lips and tongue really numb. But other than the numbness, I didn't even taste anything. The spiciness and numbness really should be in balance with each other. I did like the chewy noodle though.
The food was disappointing enough, but the bill made me even more mad. I CAN NOT stand restaurants that round off the bill by ADDING money to the correct amount. Even though it was just $0.40 they added to our bill, to me that was still cheating! Oh I hate that with a passion. So Happy Noodle didn't make us happy at all. We will never be back again.
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ReplyDeletehaha I plan to take my parents there soon.
HAHA, I LIKE HOW PAUL IS USING THIS OPPOTUNITY TO ADVERTISE HIS RESTAURANT..XD
ReplyDeleteand the 西葫蘆 is the same thing as zucchini, i donno why they call it "pumpkin"
* but my friend calls them "short cucumber"...-_-lll
haha short cucumber....
Wow, not only was the food bad, but that's sooooooo wrong what they did with the bill! Did you say something to them? I would be really mad, too. Never, EVER round up someone's bill!
ReplyDeleteI didn't notice the bill until I saw the photo at http://www.eileenlikestoeat.com.
Rounding off bill by subtracting a few $$ is perfectly fine ($10.05-->$10.00)
But adding $$ to it is just wrong ($9.95-->$10.00)
Wow! They even did that with the check? Automatic hands up if that was me. I would flag them down and say the person calculated the check wrong.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting. I just saw a Happy Noodle person on TV today. Probably from this place...
Yup, that did it for me. Never going back again.
is only 12 cents....tax is now 9.25%
ReplyDeleteOh yeah... forgot about that.
$0.12 is still wrong though!
雖然說生意不好作，但是這樣子的確讓客人很不舒服。
ReplyDelete要不要試一試這家，我昨天去訂了『金寶美食坊』的水餃。
其實半年它剛開幕時我就去吃了牛肉麵，不合胃口而且等了近三十分鐘麵才來。
吃完後就決定秒殺這家店。
前幾天有同事說金寶的水餃很好吃，我也跟他說起我的感覺。
他卻能理解店家的情況，現點現包，人手不足要花時間等。
他說完後，我有試吃那些薺菜水餃。好吃，而且份量夠。
加上他的說法，讓我心軟了下來，想說以後還是去金寶買水餃好了。
昨天去訂水餃，兩包共一百粒（薺菜豬＆韭菜豬）。
共約是40塊不到。 蠻貴的，可是我覺得料好實在，也就接受這價錢。 說到這邊，都還不是我要推薦的原因。
要推薦的原因其實簡單到一個不行。
今天去拿那兩包水餃，裡面有個高約180的年輕男孩。
他跟老客人打招呼。客人問他怎麼有空來店裡幫忙。
他輕輕的跟客人說，因為媽媽最近身體不舒服，
所以他跟原本工作的地方請假，回來幫媽媽的店。
哇哩咧，我最近才在看『光陰的故事』。
感覺上就是那個蹲在麵攤洗碗幫爸媽的孝順男孩嘛！
只因為這點小小的梗，所以想推薦大家試一試看看。
如果去那邊的話，可以說是今天（4/15）跟他們買兩袋水餃的亞倫推薦的。
給那位生病的母親打氣加油或是給那位孝順的孩子鼓勵一下。
不好吃可以扁我，但是請給他們機會試一試。就降子（羞）
對不起恕我直言(<---好像星光大道小胖老師的口吻)
之前去吃金寶比這次吃麵對面更令人不舒服
金寶是直接偷偷給我們多加了一份order，更過分
http://www.eileenlikestoeat.com/san-gabriel-chinese-kingburg-kitchen/
WOW, Thank you so much for letting people know about this, we apprciated it very much.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
So do you think it's cuz Happy Noodle changed owners? Or are they the same owners, just not happy any more?
ReplyDeletehaha My dad said the owner is still the same person. He's also the cook.
Just being there a week before. There is always crowded and not much parking space. Try their beef noodel and shrimp dumping. IMO noodel just average and dumping below. Spicy but too salty(MSG?) Don't notice about the bill as they hand writing and just pay it and left. Should be more careful next time.
ReplyDeleteThis place has gone downhill. We used to like the place when it first opened.
But now I don't think we'll ever go back again.